Billie Jean King Quotes

American - Athlete Born: November 22, 1943

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life. Billie Jean King

Life, Character, Sports, Win, Know, You

Champions keep playing until they get it right. - Billie Jean King

Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King

Sports, Champions, Right, Playing, Keep

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. - Billie Jean King

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King

Success, Losing, Champion, Winning, Else

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball. Billie Jean King

Bold, You, Afraid, Going, Ball, Hit

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. Billie Jean King

Champion, Think, Important, Being, Most

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks. Billie Jean King

Risks, People, Chance, Like, Who, Take

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody. Billie Jean King

People, Gay, Know, Admit, Transgender

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. Billie Jean King

Celebrate, Start, Differences, Important

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional. Billie Jean King

Leader, Man, Tough, Matter, Hard, Side

I wanted to use sports for social change. Billie Jean King

Change, Sports, Social Change, Social

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed. Billie Jean King

World, Changes, Who, Obsessed

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it. Billie Jean King

Love, Today, Personality, Right, Player

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports. Billie Jean King

Women, Sports, People, Accept, Okay

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity. Billie Jean King

Sports, Action, Place, Perfect, Tennis

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport. Billie Jean King

Change, Day, Tennis, Old, Years, Because

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships. Billie Jean King

Women, Sports, Beginning, Started, Title

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever. Billie Jean King

Losing, Victory, Forever, Fleeting

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life. Billie Jean King

Life, My Life, Lesson, First, Knew

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it. Billie Jean King

Father, Woman, Husband, Credit, Her, Off

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to. Billie Jean King

Yourself, People, Fun, World, You, Meet

Sports are a microcosm of society. Billie Jean King

Sports, Society, Microcosm

The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men. Billie Jean King

Women, Men, Strong, Run, Look, True

They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique. Billie Jean King

Work, Culture, Live, Unique, You, Earth

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad. Billie Jean King

Women, Sad, Men, Attention, Get, Arena

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it. Billie Jean King

Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from. Billie Jean King

Opportunity, Money, Men, Boy, Old, More

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